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.......^-\ OK AT THIS POINT I AM READY TO BELIEVE.  \-^.......
........^- IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO LET GO AND START  -^........
.........^ TO TAKE IN WATER. THE BOAT WOULD BE      ^.........
.......... SUBMERGED IN MINUTES, A SMALL LIST AT    ..........
.......... FIRST BUT ONCE ENOUGH SEA HAS POURED     ..........
.......... IN, IT WOULD BE QUICK. THE BOAT ON ITS   ..........
.........^ WAY TO THE BOTTOM. ROPE AND BINS         ^.........
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......^-\% ANYWAY - I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THE     %\-^......
.....^-\%$ SPOTS MOVE. THEY'RE INSECTS OR           $%\-^.....
....^-\%$£ SOMETHING. WHEN I'M NOT LOOKING, THEY    £$%\-^....
...^-\%$£# SHIFT, THEY CRAWL, THEY GROW AND         #£$%\-^...
..^-\%$£## SHRINK. THEY CONGREGATE                  ##£$%\-^..
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..^-\%$£## (I'M THINKING, I SHOULD GET A TATTOO     ##£$%\-^..
...^-\%$£# GUN, DRAW CIRCLES AROUND THEM. TO SHOW   #£$%\-^...
....^-\%$£ THAT THEY DO INDEED MIGRATE ACROSS THE   £$%\-^....
.....^-\%$ SKIN. (OR, THE CIRCLES WOULD TRAP THEM,  $%\-^.....
......^-\% LIKE SALT))                              %\-^......
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